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[color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]AT&T has introduced a new "Mobility Administrative Fee" to its postpaid contracts. The $0.61 monthly fee ($7.32 per year) is being categorized "below the line" alongside tax and fees as an administrative surcharge. The fee came into effect on May 1st, and applies to all consumer contracts as well as "IRU" business contracts (business accounts where the user pays the bill).[/font][/color]

[color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]It's a small charge for the individual consumers, but given that AT&T's postpaid subscriber base stands at over 70 million, the move will net AT&T hundreds of millions of dollars

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Yeah saw this on The Verge earlier, an extra ~$8 a year is not a big deal to almost anyone but AT&T will be racking up TONS more money. An extra ~$600 Million in "administrative fees" is totally crazy.

I guess this is why CEOs get the big bugs, gotta figure out ways to milk more money from customers!

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[quote name='SHoTTa35' timestamp='1369407502' post='595711302']
Yeah saw this on The Verge earlier, an extra ~$8 a year is not a big deal to almost anyone but AT&T will be racking up TONS more money. An extra ~$600 Million in "administrative fees" is totally crazy.

I guess this is why CEOs get the big bugs, gotta figure out ways to milk more money from customers!
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Ye, companies find lot of different ways to make money.
I used to live in a country where the gov passed a law where the companies are not allowed to sign you for contracts that gets you stuck with companies for years. So instead of that the companies started charging you big $$$ for installation at your home (cable).

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so far as i am concerned if you are still set in your ways that you want to receive a paper bill then you should be charged a bit for a handling fee as a deterrent to try to get your billing to be automated and online. or just call in and post your bill via phone. Here where I work They insist on receiving the Verizon Wireless bill in Paper Form, it does not come in an envelope, it comes in 4 boxes. each one costing around $25 to ship to us, because our bill is several thousand pages long.